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Ashley C. Ford lives in Brooklyn by way of Indiana, and she has a lot of jobs. She’s currently writing her memoir, Somebody's Daughter (https://amzn.to/36dFO7M), hosts The Chronicles of Now podcast, and is the former host of seasons one & three of Mastercard’s Fortune Favors The Bold, as well as PROFILE by BuzzFeed News, and Brooklyn-based news & culture TV show, 112BK. Ford has written or guest-edited for The Guardian, ELLE, BuzzFeed, OUT, Slate, New York Magazine, Allure, Marie Claire, The New York Times and tons of other places. She's taught creative nonfiction writing at The New School and Catapult.Co, and had her work listed among Longform & Longread's Best of. While working as an executive for Matter Studios, Ashley developed a web series and documentaries. She was also the host of the first season of Audible.Com's literary interview series, Authorized. was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media, Brooklyn Magazine's Brooklyn 100, and Variety’s New Power of New York (2019). Simply put, she is a force. But, she is also just a straight-up joyful, real, fiercely creative, purpose-led, alive, and deeply kind human being. That’s why we wanted to share this deeply honest and inspiring Best Of conversation with you today.You can find Ashley C. Ford at:Website : http://www.ashleycford.net/Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/smashfizzle/Check out our offerings & partners: Peloton: onepeloton.comGreen Chef: GreenChef.com/goodlife80, promo code: goodlife80
Andrew and Doug sit down with Ryan Red and Sylphin of Strange Matter Studios to discuss the development of Fault!
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The slice of Australian life podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind each episode. Today, we take you behind the scenes of the evocative and triumphant performance of Chasing Smoke by Casus Circus. Casus Circus is Australia’s only Indigenous contemporary circus ensemble, and is about to go on tour around Australia and take Chasing Smoke to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I was lucky enough to speak to the visionary director of Casus Circus and Chasing Smoke, Natano Fa’anana.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The slice of Australian life podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind each episode. Today, we head to Brisbane’s westside, to meet artist and social entrepreneur, Kagi Kowa. She tells us about her journey from Sudan to Forest Lake, and how that journey of self-discovery continues to this day, years after she first came to Australia’s shores.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The slice of Australian life podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind each episode. Today, we head to the unheralded jewel of South Australia to the Clare Valley. It’s here at a Seven Hills Country Womens Association function, that an ancient bus and an energy powerhouse collide, when we meet Amanda Blair, wandering around her charity vintage clothing bus, Dulcie's Shop of Real Opportunity, which has raised more than a hundred thousand dollars for South Australia’s homeless.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The slice of Australian life podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind each episode. Today we have a wander with one of Tassie’s favourite adopted daughters, former wicketkeeper of the Australian Women’s Cricket Team, Julia Price. We find out what took the Queenslander so far south she shivered through her first days in her new home, and how she was invited to join the greats of the game as a life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lords.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The slice of Australian life podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind each episode. In this episode we go to one of Brisbane's funkiest inner city laneways, Fish Lane, to eat Vietnamese with talented Aussie actor Kurt Phelan. We hear how since playing Johnny in the Australian production of Dirty Dancing, he is now living the transcontinental life between Brisbane and New York.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The slice of Australian life podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind each episode. In this special edition of SOYT - Stories of Survival - we go to the Hub Neighbourhood Centre in Inala, to meet Benjamin Parsons. The Hub has helped him pick up the pieces at pivotal points in his life. He has a message of tolerance, asking us to look more sensitively on people in the community who at times have struggled, as he has.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The slice of Australian life podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind each episode. In this special edition of SOYT - Stories of Survival - we go to the Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre, to meet Leigh Winsor. On January 11th 2011, he found himself at the Sherwood Neighbourhood Centre with little more than the shirt on his back. He was one of thousands of people caught in the floods that swept through Brisbane and Ipswich. This is his story of survival.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The slice of Australian life podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind each episode. In this episode we go to the beautiful paradise of Stradbroke Island in sparkling Moreton Bay. We speak to Michael Bulloch, the owner and operator of Coffee in Cylinder's, a pop-up coffee shop on Cylinder Beach.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The slice of Australian life podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind each episode. In this episode we find out about the pop culture phenomenon of cosplay. Justine - or as she is more well known Jus-Z - tells us how dressing up as your favourite character is not a task for the faint-hearted.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The slice of Australian life podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind each episode. In this episode we find out about a special convoy raising awareness for post traumatic stress disorder, that is about to make its way through many Australian country towns. Stand Tall for PTS will head off from Brisbane on October 2nd 2018 through rural New South Wales and on to the Invictus Games in Sydney. It will also have a special opening day in Brisbane at Wests Rugby Union Club on September 30, to get the message out that post-traumatic stress can affect ANYBODY.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The slice of Australian life podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind each episode. In this episode we meet Ruthie Akerman, editor at Forbes Magazine, in New York. We find out about the favourite Streets of Her Town, and the literary geniuses who lived there before her, in Brooklyn.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind highlighting a different slice of Australian life each episode. In this episode we go to New York to meet Aussie entrepreneur Meggie Palmer, whose start-up "PepTalkHer" is making its mark in one of the toughest cities in the world.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The slice of Australian life podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind each episode. In episode 9 we meet Greek Australian Marie Scoutas, who is carving out her dream life in New York. We talk to her about the favourite Streets of Her Town, near Union Square in the heart of Manhattan.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind highlighting a different slice of Australian life each episode. In this episode we go to the beautiful and remote Aboriginal township of Lockhart River, nestled overlooking the rainforest and Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland's Cape York. We meet the principal of Lockhart State School, Siobhan Jackson, and find out what brought her to this isolated paradise at the tip of Australia. We also meet internationally renowned Aboriginal artist Patrick Butcher.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind highlighting a different slice of Australian life each episode. In this episode we meet authors Jas Rawlinson and Nicole Gibson, and discuss that most difficult of subjects - our mental health - and how we need to take away the stigma of talking about suicide.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. In this special edition collaboration episode with Miro Magazine we meet Artistic Director of modern dance ensemble Expressions Dance Company Natalie Weir, and find out about how her latest co-production with Hong Kong's City Contemporary Dance Company "4 Seasons" is building bridges between the two cultures.
From the Wandering Journo Nance Haxton at Stories that Matter Studios, this is The Streets of Your Town. The podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind, highlighting a different slice of Australian life each episode. Today we meet Marcus Brady, or That Tourism Guy, who takes us on a bushwalk through his favourite streets of the tiny town of Speewah, deep in the far north Queensland rainforest.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind highlighting a different slice of Australian life each episode. In this special episode collaboration with Miro Magazine we meet renowned contemporary fine artist and street artist Matt Stewart and emerging digital creative force Spectator Jonze. They've combined their artistic forces to raise money and awareness about mental health as part of the Arts&Minds project.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind highlighting a different slice of Australian life each episode. In episode 3 we take you to the famous beaches of Australia's Gold Coast.
From the Wandering Journo at Stories that Matter Studios this is The Streets of Your Town. The podcast that takes you on an audio journey through theatre of the mind highlighting a different slice of Australian life each episode. In episode 2 we meet entrepreneur Kathryn Lyons, who is taking her message of the importance of accessibility for all around the world.
Jeff and Rebecca talk with Ashley Ford about her Audible Channel podcast, "Authorized," and her work with Matter Studios. This episode is sponsored by Where Am I Now? by Mara Wilson.